would you guys rather have matt ryan or joe flacco as the falcons franchise QB? i just saw the replay of his TD pass to mark clayton and his long ball seems so effortless while also being accurate. compared with matt ryan's underthrown heave to mike jenkins in that scrimmage, flacco looks so much better. given it's only two individual plays, but still.

Anyway, I'll rather have Matt Ryan just because it sounds better. But really, He seems like a better QB to have when your team is down and you need someone to make the right decisions. Clearly he's lacking some physical attributes but he picks up on defenses as good as any QB in the league and that's what makes him so special.

I'm worried that Ryan's upside just is not there. Hopefully this year I am proven wrong. He isn't bad, but there were some red flags that popped up last year. I have my fingers crossed that was just a sophomore slump.

I'm worried that Ryan's upside just is not there. Hopefully this year I am proven wrong. He isn't bad, but there were some red flags that popped up last year. I have my fingers crossed that was just a sophomore slump.

Same. Hopefully he comes out and dominates the world. And I think Ryan vs. Flacco is a really good question. This year is going to tell us a lot.

TALLAHASSEE — Antone Smith had one shot to impress a gaggle of NFL scouts. His 40-yard dash time probably did the trick.
Smith's 4.32-second 40 made those scouts take notice at Monday's pro timing day at Florida State, the running back's first opportunity to perform in front of a crowd. Like most of Monday's participants, Smith wasn't invited to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.
So Smith, who finished eighth in career rushing yards and fifth in career rushing touchdowns at FSU, needed a good day at the turf field to get a second look from NFL teams.
"This was very important for a lot of us," he said. "We only had two players go to the combine. All the rest of us have a chip on our shoulder to come out and show what we can do."
Smith turned heads with his 40 time, then turned in a 36-inch vertical leap and a 32-rep performance in the bench press. In comparison, the fastest laser-timed 40 at the combine among running backs (Smith's was hand-timed) was 4.45 seconds.
Smith's vertical would put him among the top performers at his position. His bench press performance would have been the best at his position by two reps.

I read up a lot on antone smith when we got him last year, apparently he has looked really good in TC as well. He reminds me a little too much of Thomas Brown, idk if norwood should be worried about his spot on the team. We would go with 5 backs with only mughelli at FB.